Trouble logging in?If you can't remember your password or are having trouble logging in, you will have to reset your password. If you have trouble resetting your password (for example, if you lost access to the original email address), please do not start posting with a new account, as this is against the forum rules. If you create a temporary account, please contact us right away via Forum Support, and send us any information you can about your original account, such as the account name and any email address that may have been associated with it.

I'm still kinda new to this game, so i have no clue what smart casting is.
what does it do?

By default, when you attempt to cast a "skillshot" spell, you need to press two buttons to execute the spell. The first being the keyboard button( Q,W,E,R) to display the targeting path-line, then a left mouse-click to actually cast it.

The delay between the two buttons is what causes a lot of players to fudge up their skillshots.

Smartcasting eliminates this delay, but does so on the basis that you are confident in your aim. It does this by immediately firing off the spell at wherever your mouse cursor happens to be. So by simply hovering the cursor over your target and thus highlighting it in red, smartcasting immediately fires off the spell at (or towards) that target.

To change to smartcasting, you will need to go to your keybindings set-up and assign the smartcasting functions to your Q,W,E and R keys.

Note that smartcasting is not the end-all, be-all cure for spellcasting. Smartcasting Viktor's E is hilarity( for your opponents).

So I tried Ezreal since his skin changed and I had the amazing luck of being targeted by a jungling Xin. Arcane shift is such a hard counter to audacious charge and essence flux impairs 3-talon strike, so I pretty much won almost all of our duels (3/4 - overextended once w/o sight). This got me thinking though, if I was Xin, is there any way I could gank Ez without help?

Change in towards a minion behind him and use your ult to knock him back away from his escape route, maybe?

By default, when you attempt to cast a "skillshot" spell, you need to press two buttons to execute the spell. The first being the keyboard button( Q,W,E,R) to display the targeting path-line, then a left mouse-click to actually cast it.

The delay between the two buttons is what causes a lot of players to fudge up their skillshots.

Smartcasting eliminates this delay, but does so on the basis that you are confident in your aim. It does this by immediately firing off the spell at wherever your mouse cursor happens to be. So by simply hovering the cursor over your target and thus highlighting it in red, smartcasting immediately fires off the spell at (or towards) that target.

To change to smartcasting, you will need to go to your keybindings set-up and assign the smartcasting functions to your Q,W,E and R keys.

Note that smartcasting is not the end-all, be-all cure for spellcasting. Smartcasting Viktor's E is hilarity( for your opponents).

Cheers.

Ooooh That sounds really helpful for me!

So all skill shots and ability that requires mouse clicking kinda turns ability's into Cassio's and Karthus Q ability?

Anyway, smart casting! When to use: with all burst mages, it's a must-use if you want to shut down your enemies before they can retaliate. If you're using DFG (Deathfire Grasp), you can switch shift+1 for item smartcasting.

When not to use: on heals, mainly. Most heals affect minions too, so it's better to use the character icons if you're accustomed to it. Can also cause some confusion on ZIlean because you'll be very used to alt+E, so when the time comes to smartcast R, you may accidentally do it on yourself.

If you're new to the game, you might want to watch Zekent, he's streaming at the moment. Insane cs, 100 at 10', 170 at 15' and 200 at 20'...with Janna, too! The gold difference really shows after 15 minutes. Couldn't get that in my best game =/

Sadly don't really have the time too watch his stream since its my birthday
But i won my first match with Cho'gath with his new Battlecast skin!
using /D while my team is pushing the towers and the nexus.
It looked i supported them with some music while they were winning our match haha.

Zyra is really strong. Insanely strong laning potential (I've been doing well on both 3 lanes, although she's kinda squishy so her top isn't as strong as some other top tier champs), great team combat presence (think of her as a ranged Amumu). Her skills have low dmg alone, but when combine with a plant, its damage sky rocketed, and her ulti has huge AoE which hardly can be missed when team fight occurs.

She definitely will, her base plant dmg at LV18 is too much if they land...what, 3 hits? That, plus the actual skills plus the 50% AS bonus from her ultimate make her plenty strong. Not to mention 20% passive CDR and 3s CD on Q, all you have to build is grail/rylai and you got yourself a winner.

Hadn't played Gragas all week long, love his ultimate for pushing people away from drake/nashor and stealing buffs

The real problem with Zyra is her ability to completely destroy an entire team with her ultimate, it's damage is really high, it's utility is really high, and it can span across an entire lane.
If they hit her anywhere, it's gunna be her ultimate.

The real problem with Zyra is her ability to completely destroy an entire team with her ultimate, it's damage is really high, it's utility is really high, and it can span across an entire lane.
If they hit her anywhere, it's gunna be her ultimate.

The ulti's dmg is low if you ask me. It's only at 400 dmg (+0.7) at lv 3, compare to, say, Annie. The problem is the knock up. Most of her skills have really low base dmg and low AP ratio, unless there are plants involved.

Had a match today with a very good and nice people on my team.
Can't tell how many times our ulti's Turned around Team fights because of the amount of cc we had.
I was a support Lulu with Zyra,Malphite,Vayne,Jungle Amumu.
(normal match)

Maplhite Engaged with his ulti after that Zyra used her plants + ulti to knock them up and Amumu flashed in using his ulti, while he flashed in i used my Ulti on Amumu to make sure they didn't escape. And Vayne used her ulti and melted there hp and getting the official pentakill

When not to use: on heals, mainly. Most heals affect minions too, so it's better to use the character icons if you're accustomed to it. Can also cause some confusion on ZIlean because you'll be very used to alt+E, so when the time comes to smartcast R, you may accidentally do it on yourself.

I disable smart cast on almost all single target spells like Janna W/E, Alistar W, Taric stun, Morgana black shield and so on. Can't count the times I had to shield someone with low HP but ended up using the spell on myself because they were just a bit out of range.

How come? I believe smartcast doesn't work like that. I've been using smartcasting for almost all champions (aside from TF's R since I need to know the range), and it doesn't self-cast if the target is out of range. Your character will move until it's in range.

The shortcut for casting spell on yourself is Alt + hotkey, isn't it?

Anyway, I'm just glad that I have never placed any misplaced heal while using Soraka on creep.

How come? I believe smartcast doesn't work like that. I've been using smartcasting for almost all champions (aside from TF's R since I need to know the range), and it doesn't self-cast if the target is out of range. Your character will move until it's in range.

The shortcut for casting spell on yourself is Alt + hotkey, isn't it?

Anyway, I'm just glad that I have never placed any misplaced heal while using Soraka on creep.

Because it's a lot easier to click on something rather than to have the mouse exactly over the target's frame.